Hi there. It’s my turn to host a challenge at the Whimsie Doodles blog and I would love it if you played along! One of the first challenges I ever played along with when I started making cards was a recipe challenge. I didn't have a lot of supplies at the time, but I could always make something work when it came to a recipe challenge. 

Here's the recipe:

Red

Twine (can be baker's twine or plain ol' twine)

and at least one flower

You are not limited to the prescribed ingredients, but your card must include all of them somewhere on your project. 

Sound fun?

Here's my card to serve as a little inspiration: 

All of the stamps are in our Baby Joy rubber stamp set:

To play along, and be entered to win a FREE Whimsie Doodles digital image, just enter your direct link at the Whimsie Doodles blog. You have until Midnight on Tuesday, July 5th to enter. We can't wait to see your fabulous creations!

Don’t forget to use this code when purchasing stamps!

Hi there! I hope everyone is doing well. This is always a weird time as spring turns to summer and even if you don’t have kids there are some real palpable changes that occur and it takes a little getting used to… At least, that’s how it is in my world. This summer brings a huge change and it’s been a real surprise as to how I’ve handled it. My parents made the decision about two years ago to leave the province and retire to a farm in the middle-of-nowhere Saskatchewan. I am bitter and sad for many reasons, but mostly because they are my son’s only grandparents. They aren’t the most involved grandparents in the world, but they’re all my son has and now their relationship will go from thin to nothing. They say they will visit all the time but I know better… YES, I am being melodramatic, but I know a lot of retired people. You think you will have all the time in the world but it doesn’t work that way: retired people are always busy!!!! I would always have to call them and ask them if Phoenix could come and sleep over, what’s that going to be like now? “Hey, you haven’t called in 4 months, just wondering if you want to know what Phoenix is up to?” I don’t know… It’s going to be weird, that’s all I know.
The last time I’ll pull into the driveway:

The lasts of a lot of things. It hit me as I was walking from empty room to empty room that I would never again have a Christmas or birthday or random family dinner at “The Parents” and I just started bawling. Like, the ugly cry. I think it will be okay, but this summer is going to be a summer of change.
 

Welcome to the last day of sneak peeks from the TSG design team. You should have hopped here from Theresa’s blog, if not, start at the TSG blog.
What a great release, I am thrilled with all of the stamp sets. One of the best things about the summer is being able to go for a refreshing swim. Whether you prefer a lake, ocean or pool- you will love this new stamp set illustrated by Torico! Make A Splash will have you saying “Mermaids, seahorse and fish oh my!”.
Make A Splash is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 21 stamps and will sell for $18. 

Welcome to day 2 of There She's Goes blog hop challenges. If you're doing the hop you should have arrived here from Theresa's blog, if not, head back to the TSG blog and start from the beginning. We're previewing two sets today and there's going to be lots of eye-candy!


These gorgeous tropical flowers were illustrated by Torico and will quickly become a favorite from your summer stamping collection! Use them to create beautiful custom designer paper, color in the line art images to use as a focal point for your project or pair them with a TSG sentiment stamp set  for a card that can be given for any occasion.



Would you like a chance to win the Vroom / Hibiscus stamp sets? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Vroom / Hibiscus Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a
random number generator to receive their very own Vroom / Hibiscus stamp sets. The winner will be announced Saturday (June 25)  during the Release Party Chat.

Well... There weren't many leftovers because this was a really barren card week. One great thing about school coming to a close is all of the craft time I'll have! I will be working at Clipper Street over the summer again where I am inspired daily by the customers, the store, the class wall and the product! I can't wait..

Hi there! The weekend is here at last. This felt like one of the longest weeks since September. There is SO MUCH TO DO at school and right now I can't see the surface of my desk.... That's okay for now because I have nothing to do this weekend except relax, hang out with friends tomorrow, and make cards!

Tonight I made a card for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS. I chose to copy the layout of this image:

Stamps: whimsie doodles - digi stamp

Paper: MME, papertrey ink

Accessories: copic markers, nestabilities, silhouette digital cutter, srm sticker sentiment

Today over at the TSG Blog I am talking about the recent trend of creating backgrounds/grounding stamped images to give them life and context.. I'd love it if you headed over there and checked it out...